Story Time: Comfort Confidence

I've never been comfortable in shorts.

I always hated my legs and my body. Don't worry though, this isn't about the media.

I have always suffered finding jeans that fit right. I never liked trying on shorts because I was always subconscious that I'd have to buy a bigger size for them to be comfortable around my thighs and it made me feel awful. And ashamed of my body. I hated the idea of buying bigger shorts to be comfortable so I never bothered.



But see, it's not only the media that have fucked with women's confidence issues, it's also the actual stores themselves. This is nothing to do with the models or size of mannequins that are used to promote the clothes. No. This is to do with the sizing system.

I'm sure you've all been made aware of the mismatched sizes in different stores, but being a big hipped girl, I've been struggling with these bizarre sizes for a long time. In one store, I'm a size 14 for jeans and then the next, I'm an 18. It makes no sense at all and it absolutely destroys my confidence.

The most important thing to do as a woman, is just to find a store where you fit into a pair of jeans comfortably and stick with it. That's what I did with Next. The only problem is that you could still pick up the right sized jeans, try them on and find they're too small, because of the sizing issues. It's happened to me a few times, where I've bought the right sized jeans, but then they were too small, probably because the label was wrong, but it's the last thing that any woman needs to experience in today's society.

But recently, I bit the bullet. Instead of buying shorts that were too tight and really uncomfortable and unflattering, I actually bought shorts that were comfortable and looked good despite their label. I wore them recently and loved them.

It's not about the label. We all know the sizes are messed up. It's about your comfort and how you feel. I felt good in those shorts, and all I did was buy a bigger size that wasn't squeezing me to death. The next time you're shopping for clothes, don't think about the label, don't let that bring you down. Think about how you feel and how you look. Your comfort level is all that should matter to you, not the size of the label.

I don't want to say embrace your body because that's cheesy, but I will say embrace your comfort. The label doesn't matter. Don't let it bring you down. Think of how good you'll feel when you see yourself in clothes that you feel good in.

Trust me, buying the bigger size is so worth it. It's time to work on our comfort confidence. Being confident and comfortable within our clothes and us.

The self confidence is worth it.

The self love is worth it.


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